HeavyGunner

Congrats Olive!

Well on my travels I stopped in Threeforks and picked up an air filter and a fuel filter for my Dodge. I threw in the air filter tonight and ran to Havre with the wife on a grocery run and it seems the truck is back into the 20's(mpg) again. It would seem that the air filter was the problem, so I am feelin' pretty good about things tonight.

That is one mean sounding engine!! Now put that motor in the Mack ratrod that Vision posted and you might have something.

Midgets, is there anything they wont eat?

cant get much shorter than that heavy duty golf cart Olive.

Yes it does, and the extra days off will be great for getting my house finished making my wife very happy and giving me more time to trap and put up furs during the day time instead of at night after work.

I have seen a variety of trucks in their fleet as they pass my office, KW, Freightliner and I think I've seen a Sterling mixed in as well. No Macks or Petes that I have seen. Good advice Olive, I plan on having a couple of cocktails at my place by the fire pit over looking my little oxbow and just soaking it all in. No driving at a time like that for this guy.

Well this should be the final chapter in this thread (minus the defiling of it). Got a call today just before noon letting me know that my paper work all went thru and I START MY NEW JOB JUNE 18!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :banana: I am so dang excited for the new hours and much higher pay. I feel very fortunate when considering how bad the economy is and I am getting a higher paying gig.

Is Show-Me's a place to watch a fur burger while eating a hamburger?

Why were they discontinued?

Yep, hopefully changes like that are to come soon.

I heard about this bone head's story awhile back and if I remember the story right her family is trying to sue Coca Cola over the her death. Just another Darwin Award in my opinion.

Thanks to all of you for your responses. That is why I posted the question on here. Because I feel very comfortable heeding the advice given on here since I am sure there is more mechanical talent than most anywhere else. Plus I dont know people on those other sites enough to trust them so it would take too much time to get to know them first. I figured since my truck is an all mechanical engine the basic principles are the same as any other diesel engines so you guys have way more experience than I and could steer me in the right direction. My plan is to go on a little road trip with my wife this weekend and see some more of this great state. We plan on seeing Lewis and Clark Caverns, Virginia City ghost town do a little fishing and grab some parts for my Dodge when we travel thru some of the big cities. Thanks again everyone.

I was going to say something similar to that Vlad. It would take a lifetime where I am at to see that many Macks. No one seems to use them up here. I am guessing because lack of dealerships and or parts/support up here?

What's wrong with girls skipping in unison in overalls?

didnt see the U, just the boobies in the video.

Ok, I just thought maybe you saw some blooper in the video that I missed that would suggest it is a fake. Could be a fake I dont know.

I know the science behind it is sound, you are using carbon monoxide to displace the oxygen since it is heavier thus leaving no oxygen behind to create one of the 3 needed items to make a boom or fire (fuel, oxygen, ignition source). It does work I am not going to try it though.

Come on you cant just accuse the video of being a fake with out clueing us in as to why you think it is a fake. What did we miss?

I have always been scared to try the exhaust trick to keep stuff from blowing up when you cut or weld it because how do you really know that there is enough gas to keep stuff from blowing up? I am not much of a gambler so I am too chicken to try it.

No, No its how Mossberg 930spx's are better. I think I will try the simple and cheap possibilities (fuel and air filters) first and work out from there.

Mine is a 5 speed, manual hubs (they are locked out), manual 4wd stick. Probably should have included that tid bit sorry guys.

I never see any smoke except for when I first fire it up it give a quick little puff and that's it. the front rotors and pads were changed literally the day before I got it but not the rear. How would you check to see if a disk brake in the front is hanging up? Just jack it up and see if it free wheels? Same with the rears? I thought maybe the Lucas would help clean things out and maybe add some longevity to my engine since it claims to help lubricate things. thanks for you input.

Alright guys I know this technical question is posted in odds and ends but since it is not Mack related I posted it here. As you guys know I bought a 1993 Dodge with a Cummins in it and it got great mileage the first tank of fuel (21.55mpg). Mind you my dad filled it up before he brought it to me from 180 miles away and I ran it and filled it and got the above stated mileage. I filled it and used it the same as I did (driving wise) on the first tank but I only got around 17.5mpg. I then filled it and took a highway trip 192miles round trip to get groceries and only got 16.8mpg. Today I drove 120miles round trip to get parts and doing some rough math I am getting about 15 or less now. I havent had any hard head winds when traveling to speak of, it's pretty damn flat on all of my road trips so I have no clue why my fuel mileage since Easter weekend when I bought the rig 'til now has gone to hell. I went to the local mechanic and he was such an arrogant little prick today I was ready to kick his a$$hole right thru his teeth. You can get away with crap like that when you are the only mechanic within 60 mile radius. I wanted to make an appointment for him to trouble shoot it if he thought that was necessary. So he asked me a few questions first about the pickup and I answered the best to my knowledge and his attitude seemed like he could give a shit less about helping me. So I asked to make an appointment and he said for what which I replied to figure out what's wrong. He then began to arrogantly tell me that low power and bad mpg are the two most difficult things to diagnose. Ok I can buy that since there are a lot of variables. So I asked him if changing the air and fuel filter would be a likely place to start since it seems like a simple likely place to start. Then the little bastard begins on a rant about how its a needle in a hay stack and on and on about how difficult it will be to figure this out. I calmly told him I have a hard time believing that this would be a major mechanical failure like he said it could've been (I am not ruling that out but it is on my less likely list of troubleshooting) since there never seemed to be a sudden change in noise, power, smoking or lack there of. He then told me that injectors will go out just like flipping a switch which seems unlikely to me but hey I am no mechanic. So I then asked if I should just throw my engine away since there is no way to trouble shoot or fix it? He told me I dunno maybe. I was so livid I wanted to stomp a mudhole in his ass and walk it dry. Little bastard is lucky that he is so far away from any competition because I bet his attitude would change or he would go out of business. This hasnt been my first run in with him being prick, usually I can just shrug it off but eventually a kicked dog bites back. So after my rant I wanted to aske some of you guys on here what you think as far as trouble shooting. Would a fuel and air filter be a good place to start? I thought after that maybe checking to see if all of the air flow from the turbo to the intake was tight with no leaks. Could the fuel quality be that different from where my dad filled it compared to the two different towns I filled in to make a difference? After that I have no clue. Thanks in advance. HeavyGunner P.S. I started using Lucas fuel additive on the 3rd tank of fuel.

Boy you're just full of piss and vinegar today aren't ya!